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Thursday, April 15, 2010

What a Start to the Playoffs and Thursday Thoughts

Programming Note: I'll be a guest on the Team 990 in Montreal at 7:25 CDT tonight to discuss the Pred's chances against the Hawks. Go here and "Listen Live" to see how "Hockey with an accent" fares in the hockey hotbed of Montreal.---------------------------------------------------------------------

Last night's games set the tone for what hockey fans everywhere want to see for the next two months.

The first three games of the evening came down to a goalie pull in the closing minute in tight one goal games. The home favorites were surprised in the first two games with Ottawa beating the Pens 5-4 and the Flyers surprising the Devils 2-1. My adopted Coyotes made the Wings show their age as they completely out worked Detroit in the second half of the match in route to a 3-2 win.

The final game of the night was the biggest surprise of all with the lowly Colorado Avalanche stunning the San Jose Sharks 2-1 when Chris Stewart scored with 49.3 seconds left in the game.

The best game of the night, to me, was the Coyotes making a statement to Detroit in front of a wild white-out home crowd in Glendale. The Yotes were down twice and really out worked the Wings during the second half of the game to spark the win. It was fun to watch the scrappy Coyote team skate past the older Red Wing team that has been the best team in the west for the last decade.

I don't see how there could be a better night of hockey than last night's four games provided, but we still have two months to go. We still haven't seen an overtime, so the odds are we'll see one tonight.

There are three games on tap tonight with the opening game of three more series leaving only the Predators and Blackhawks that are yet to play.

Funny from @dellis39: Sitting at Boscos grabbin some chow and these guys next to me are chatting up the Preds. Best thing about Nashville I can sit within 2 FT From these guys and they have no clue that I am a hockey player. Gotta love Nashville!This guy is talking about goalies now....haha

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